Health, medicine & scientific discovery
Carolina students, faculty and physicians continuously work to discover scientific breakthroughs that will help advance medicine and better individual and community-wide health.
Developing non-addictive pain meds
A quarter of the way into the 21st century, the United States finds itself in the grip of two intertwined epidemics: chronic pain and opioid use disorder. Greg Scherrer, professor at the UNC School of Medicine is tackling both epidemics by developing an entirely new class of therapeutics that relieves pain but is not addictive.
Ask a Professor: Kristy Ainslie on a new type of vaccine
The UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy professor discusses her lab’s work on an inverse vaccine to treat autoimmune diseases.
Donor funding bridges innovation ‘valley of death’
Strategic giving is critical in helping Carolina researchers translate their research into real-world solutions.
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